I'm Chris and I am addicted to yard sales, garage sales, thrift stores and bargain hunting in general. Visit my site yardsalequeen.com - which I started in 1996.
"Smile" and "VV" (Vintage Value) are the names of two thrift stores I regularly shop at.
I grew up in Clifton Park NY but now live in Lusby, MD. I also lived in other exciting locales such as Schenectady, Watervliet (NY), and Charleston, SC.

Monday, May 05, 2014

My poor neglected bloggy - I have missed you! But don't worry, I am back. No, I didn't actually go anywhere. One thing I have been doing during this bloggy break - which may be hard to believe - is that I have been decluttering. And guess what? I don't like it, it goes against my beliefs to accumulate more more and MORE!

But I do like money, so that lessens the blow of decluttering and I've had several yardsales already this season. My plan is to do more this year, not shop so much (acck!!!!!!!!!) and then once I declutter the house, I can start all over again :)

Anyhow, a bit of news, yardsalequeen.com is mentioned in the May 2014 issue of Real Simple. Here is the cover incase you find yourself stuck in line at the grocery store and want to kill a few minutes. Starts on page 186.

Yardsalequeen.com

I have a wide variety of interests: going to yard sales, garage sales, thrift stores, estate sales and rummage sales. After I had my son Jacob in 2000, I quit my job at a nuclear power plant after almost 10 years. Now I just sit home, eat bonbons and watch Ellen while I plan my strategy to hit next week's yardsales. Laugh. Dance. Yardsale.